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February 9, 1990 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Umeå, Sweden

Feb 9, 1990 at 8:11 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Umeå
Began: Fri, Feb 9, 1990 at 5:21 pm
Maximum: Fri, Feb 9, 1990 at 8:11 pm 1.075 Magnitude
Ended: Fri, Feb 9, 1990 at 11:00 pm
Duration: 5 hours, 40 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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February 9, 1990 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Umeå

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Umeå. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (CET) for Umeå.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
5:21 pm Fri, Feb 9
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction East-northeast 77°
9.6°
6:28 pm Fri, Feb 9
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction East 92°
16.6°
7:49 pm Fri, Feb 9
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction East-southeast 110°
24.8°
8:11 pm Fri, Feb 9
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction East-southeast 115°
26.8°
8:32 pm Fri, Feb 9
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction East-southeast 121°
28.7°
9:53 pm Fri, Feb 9
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction Southeast 142°
34.9°
11:00 pm Fri, Feb 9
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction South-southeast 162°
38.1°

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The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Umeå. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Feb 9)

In the past, this day was cloudy 76% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Umeå

Eclipse Visibility From UmeåVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 22, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Jan 30, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 21, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Dec 9–10, 1992 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 21, 1993 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Nov 29, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 1994 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 18, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 3–4, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Sep 27, 1996 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Oct 12, 1996 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Mar 24, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16, 1997 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 13, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 8, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 11, 1999 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse

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